(Original Post) By Victor Geminiani 01/16/2014 Hawaii taxes our residents in poverty more heavily than all but three other states in the nation. Most of this regressivity is caused by…
(Original Post) January 15, 2014 8:20PM Updated: January 16, 2014 7:28AM Those who think that offering tax incentives to corporations to keep them in our state should look at a…
(Original Post) by Patrick J. Natale January 17, 2014 Congress should act now to avoid a transportation fiscal cliff in 2015 Last month, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) introduced the Update,…
(Original Post) BY JASON BAILEY January 12, 2014 Gov. Steve Beshear announced in his State of the Commonwealth address that he will propose a specific tax reform plan to the…
(Original Post) by WOLF D. FUHRIG Tax shelters are investments that reduce a person’s income tax liability. Home ownership, pension plans, and Individual Retirement Accounts may be interpreted as “tax…
(Original Post) Thursday, January 09, 2014 Zeke Wright, GoLocalWorcester Contibutor While Massachusetts contributes a high percentage of transportation-related revenue toward roads, a new report show that road-related taxes and fees…
(Original Post) January 02, 2014 12:00 am • By Doug Ross Indiana Gov. Mike Pence wants to eliminate the personal property tax for businesses, perhaps paying for it by increasing…
Logan T. Carlson Central Wisconsin Sunday As the calendar flips to another year, there are rumblings in the State Capitol of Gov. Scott Walker considering idea of eliminating the…
(Original Post) By Michael Hiltzik January 5, 2014, 5:00 a.m. Here’s a business practice likely to keep booming in 2014: corporate extortion. We don’t mean extortion of corporations, as is…
(Original Post) Without congressional action to extend state and federal tax deductions, 11 million taxpayers will lose $17 billion. By Jo Erickson | December 26, 2013 As the year ends…
(Original Post) December 27, 2013 10:25 am • STEVEN ELBOW | The Capital Times | [email protected] Gov. Scott Walker raised a lot of eyebrows earlier this month when he broached…
(Original Post) By Kavitha A. Davidson Dec 27, 2013 4:38 PM ET What does Governor Dannel Malloy really get from keeping ESPN in Connecticut? It turns out professional teams and…
(Original Post) By Christian Gaston | [email protected] Email the author | Follow on Twitter on December 28, 2013 at 9:00 AM, updated December 30, 2013 at 10:06 AM Email Get…
Now we have proof that Chicago doesn’t need gimmicks to win a major corporation Phil Rosenthal December 19, 2013 Any out-of-towner can fall in love with Chicago when it’s…
When it comes to corporate incentives, leave it to an aerospace company to test the limits of what will fly. For those hoping to host production of its newest…
(Original Post) Excerpt States and localities devote an estimated $50bn to tax incentives every year as they jockey for the promise of jobs related to new company operations or the…
12:06 am December 12th, 2013 by Tyler Mangrum – The Capitol Hill Times – Following the slim victory of a SeaTac measure raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour,…
(http://artvoice.com/issues/v12n50/news_analysis) by Bruce Fisher The gift economy of New York State In this glorious season of new-fallen snow, warm hearths, and extra hugs, one recalls times past though today’s insanities…
(Original Post) By Judy Martel Published December 10, 2013 Bankrate.com As Americans continue to climb out of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, many experts are taking note…
(Original Post) December 9, 2013|By Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel The Walt Disney Co. has nearly tripled the amount of profit it is keeping in offshore subsidiaries, saving the company $315…
BY FRED GRIMM [email protected] Rick Scott talks jobs, jobs, jobs for Florida. But Nicolás Maduro delivers. Gov. Scott, the candy man of come-to-Florida corporate incentives, has been doling out…
(Original Post) Raul Reyes, USATODAY 7:12 p.m. EST November 26, 2013 If he signs bill, undocumented high school grads would be able to pay in-state tuition. New Jersey Gov. Chris…
(Original Post) Post on November 26, 2013 by Allan Freyer When Thanksgiving rolls around, no one wants to watch someone else eat all the turkey and then have to pick…
(Original Post) By Tom Lyons Published: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 5:08 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 5:08 p.m. Ironic is the kindest description I can think…
PUBLISHED MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 AT 12:30 AM / UPDATED AT 12:15 AM By Paul Hammel / World-Herald bureau LINCOLN — A preliminary proposal to revise Nebraska’s tax system is…
